Sympecma

Sympecma
Male S. fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Sympecma
Burmeister, 1839

Sympecma is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.

The genus contains the following species:

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)Common Winter Damselflysouthern and central Europe stretching out to Asia, Mediterranean in Europe and North Africa and on many Mediterranean islands
Sympecma gobica Förster, 1900From the very east of Europe deep into Asia
Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)Siberian Winter DamselFrom the Baltic countries to Japan, with western populations in the north of Germany and the Netherlands, and in the Alps and some other mountainous regions


References

  1. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  2. ↑ "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)